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A <br /> " j <br /> , ll <br /> " ��Y uIIIIIIIIII ' <br /> Alexander Neville, 14, pictured during a trip to Palomar Mountain in 2019, died <br /> after ingesting fentanyl in June 2020 <br /> A single sugar packet's worth of fentanyl packs 500 lethal doses. <br /> More than 100,000 lives were consumed by drug poisonings and overdoses last <br /> year in the United States, the equivalent of 10 Boeing 737 jets crashing every <br /> week — for an entire year. <br /> The synthetic opioid was responsible for just 4% of drug-related deaths in 2013, <br /> but more than 70% in 2021. It's now the leading cause of death for children 17 <br /> and under <br /> "The fentanyl epidemic is our most significant long-term health crisis," Orange <br /> County Sheriff Don Barnes said at a public hearing Thursday, March 3. "Our <br /> resources are outmatched by the sheer quantity of what is being trafficked. <br /> https://www.ocregister.com/2022/03/03/counteri ng-the-deadly-scourge-of-fentanyl- <br /> in-orange-county/ <br /> 17 <br />